Japanese and Swiss Watchmakers Scoff At Smartwatches

jfruh (300774) writes "With rumors swirling about Apple entering the wearable space with an iWatch, you'd think that the Japanese and Swiss companies that have dominated high-end watchmaking for more than a century would be scrambling to catch up. But there were virtually no smartwatches on display at the Baselworld trade fair, and the watchmaking giants had no plans to produce any. Company representatives seemed sure that people in practice would be uninterested in constantly recharging their watches and downloading software updates just to tell time."

They probably couldn't make them anyway.

[RevWaldo]

It's far easier for a computer company to create computers that strap to your wrist than it is for a watch company to create watches with computer functionality. Besides there's no real risk of being "locked out" of the market. Plenty of cross-licensing/design/development opportunities will be available if smartwatches ever become a thing.

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Re:Consumers will choose the best option

[__aarzwb9394]

anything intelligent to add, I might listen.

This from the man (I presume) who just mentioned 200m water resistance.

If you are a scuba diver

• You do not go to 200m
• You use a dive computer, not a "look at the size of this!!!" smallpeen compensator [youtube.com].

50 watches ? You have money to burn. If you are a good example of a wristwatch owner, then you are cast iron evidence of what a non-digital watch is - jewellery.

Re:Maybe they should ask corded phone manufacturer

[Great Big Bird]

Hello fellow fountain pen heads! I don't like to write with a ball point - too much resistance on the page.